Rob's News

Tonight, I managed to pull off an event for my alumni club that I'd been trying to make happen for a couple of months. I hope that it augers more success for my club.

Posted by R.oB. at 09:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Today was my last class as a student. Bittersweet feeling. I enjoyed being a student and am sad that one long chapter of my life is somehow "over." I'm glad of this small accomplishment: completing 20 years of schooling. Wow!

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Yesterday, I met Bobby Seale, founder of the Black Panther Party, in Dyson's class today. **WOW**, the *living* history! I thoroughly enjoyed it when he set the record straight about many things. A lot of my perceptions of the BPP were distortions by a romanticist Afrocentric (college) past combined with the hostile rhetoric of the "power structure" preserved from those days. Having the privilege to converse with this man really set a lot of things straight. I learned that militancy doesn't have to equal wonton, racially charged, violence or that real "power to people" comes from "coalition politics" and "humane interactions" with *all* groups.

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Can you say REFUND?!?

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Today in Dyson's class I had the distinct pleasure to meet with Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. I admire the man who writes his soul on the line for all to see, attack, acknowledge, love, and hate. That takes courage. After reading their words this semester, getting to know them on a more personal level was truly an honor.

Posted by R.oB. at 06:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)